See 3 or 4 moves ahead
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of the Munich 1936 Olympiad.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Black mates in 2.
Cherubino Staldi vs Uulberg, Munich, 1936
8/1p3k2/4p1rp/p3Pp1Q/3qnP2/1P6/P6P/2R2R1K b - - 0 1
[ Qg1+ ]
b)
Black mates in 3.
A Pluess vs Jorge Pelikan, Munich, 1936
1r4k1/4r1b1/p2p3p/2pP2P1/1pP1p1n1/1P2Nn1q/P3QP1P/1RB1RN1K b - - 0 1
[ Ngxh2 ]
c)
White mates in 4.
Krassnig vs Hartvig Nielsen, Munich, 1936
r7/4Qp2/p4P2/3p2b1/Bpr2k2/4q1N1/PP4K1/R7 w - - 0 1
[ Rf1+ if Kg4 Bd1+ ]
d)
Black mates in 4.
H Christoffersen vs Vladimir Petrov, Munich, 1936
6rk/Q2n2rp/5p2/3P4/4P3/2q4P/P5P1/5RRK b - - 0 1
[ Rxg2 ]
e)
White mates in 5.
Leonhard Abramavicius vs Ernst Sorensen, Munich, 1936
5rkn/2p1rp2/1p1p3R/p1nP2PQ/2P1BR1P/7K/Pq6/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bh7+ Kg7 Rg6+ Nxg6 Qh6+ ]
1e)
mate in 5
Leonhard Abramavicius vs Ernst Sorensen
Munich 1936 Olympiad Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Paul Vaitonis vs Movsa Feigin, Munich, 1936
r1br2k1/1p2qpn1/p3p1B1/4n1P1/5N2/4PP2/PpQ5/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ ]
b)
White mates in 6.
Paul Keres vs Gheorghe Alexandrescu, Munich, 1936
r6r/ppq3Q1/nb1kp2p/3p4/8/P5P1/3NBPP1/1R3RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne4+ dxe4 Rfd1+ if Bd4 Qxd4+ or if Kc6 Bb5+ ]
c)
Leonhard Abramavicius vs V Mezgailis, Munich, 1936
2rq1rk1/p3bppp/1p1n1n2/2p1NN2/8/1P4P1/PB2QP1P/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc6 if Rxc6 Nxe7+ ]
d)
Albert Becker vs Hansen Norman, Munich, 1936
r1bq1rk1/p1p1bppp/1p2pn2/6B1/3P4/3B1N2/PPP1QPPP/R3K2R w KQ - 0 1
[ Bxf6 if Bxf6 or gxf6 Qe4 ]
e)
Ludwig Engels vs Alexandar Tsvetkov, Munich, 1936
5r1k/1b1rbppp/pqp1pn2/1p4B1/3PN3/3B4/PPP1QPPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf6 if Bxf6 Qe4 g6 Bxf6+ or if gxf6 Qe4 mates ]
2a)
mate in 5
Paul Vaitonis vs Movsa Feigin
Munich 1936 Olympiad Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Erno Gereben vs Hector Carlos, Munich, 1936
2r5/6pk/pn4qp/1pp5/6Q1/1P5P/PB2RPP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxg6+ Kxg6 Re6+ ]
b)
Gideon Stahlberg vs Jan Foltys, Munich, 1936
r1b2rk1/3n1pp1/p1p1p2p/1n6/1qNP3B/3BP3/2Q2PPP/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rb1 Qc3 Qd1 if e5 Rb3 ]
c)
Endre Steiner vs Hansen Norman, Munich, 1936
r1b2k2/pp2p1bQ/4p3/3pq1N1/5nP1/8/PP1B1P2/2R2K2 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf4 if Qxf4 Nxe6+ or if Qf6 Qh5 Kg8 Be5 ]
d)
Mirko Schreiber vs Endre Steiner, Munich, 1936
1r2r1k1/pq3ppp/2R5/2Q5/3p4/PP4P1/3NbP1P/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ Bb5 ]
e)
Dikenmann vs Uulberg, Munich, 1936
r3r1k1/pp3ppp/2p1b1n1/q7/1bP1Q3/2N1PNBP/PP1R1PP1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ Bf5 if Qd4 Bc5 or if Bc7 Bxe4 ]
3a)
Erno Gereben vs Hector Carlos
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